ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,429, issued on March 24, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Methods and systems for interacting with audio events via motion inputs" was invented by Elizabeth A. Ottens (San Francisco), William R. Boyd (Portland, Ore.), Charles C. Hoyt (Pacifica, Calif.), Andrew W. Malta (San Francisco), Darius A. Satongar (Staffordshire, Great Britain) and Joe Savage (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to interacting with audio data via motion inputs. In some embodiments, methods, devices, and techniques are provided for detecting motion inputs to interact with audio notifications...